The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN R. NOTTINGHAM, JOHN W. SPIRK, JR. and DALE PANASEWICZ ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2314 Application No. 07/902,957 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 15, 16, 18, 19, 26-32 and 36-40. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007